norskheks:apersnicketylemon:ironbound-oberon:I have cochlear implants and I can only buy parts to fi
norskheks:apersnicketylemon:ironbound-oberon:I have cochlear implants and I can only buy parts to fix them or upgrade then from 1 corporation bc of tech exclusivity. upgrades to get new processors for both ears cost $23k & insurance only covers 90% (and it’s “good” insurance)cyberpunk dystopia is already here for the disabled. fight for universal healthcare, fight against capitalism NOW. For real, it’s nearly every disabled person who deals with this shit. Artificial limbs cost more than many make in a year. Medications you need to literally stay alive, that keep your heart beating or your lungs breathing, your body processing sugar which is in everything, that keep your hormones’ regulated. Items that let you see or hear or walk. This is literally reality already for millions of people, including people you know. “Don’t cry to me when your ability to run is behind a paywall’ my ability to breathe, see, concentrate, and sleep already are. Help us. Fight against it NOW and stop joking about how it’s a hypothetical future because we’ve been suffering, we are suffering, and we’re dying and we didn’t make any choice. Help us. I’ve never thought about my diabetes in these terms, but my god, you’re right. My bionic pancreas costs $500/month and my current insurance only covers 80%. It’s the only bionic pancreas available that doesn’t have any tubes (and the tubed ones cost just as much). -- source link
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